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Fri 01 Nov 2024 10:23 pm - Jerusalem Time

Lebanon and Israel agree to comprehensive ceasefire

A source close to Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri told Al Jazeera on Friday that an agreement had been reached with US envoy to Lebanon Amos Hochstein in Beirut on the terms of an agreement to be implemented within 60 days.


The terms include - according to the same source - a comprehensive ceasefire in both Lebanon and Israel, and the withdrawal of all unofficial military presence to the north of the Litani River.

The source added that after implementing these provisions, indirect negotiations between Israel and Hezbollah regarding the Blue Line will be revived, noting that any "points promoted in the Israeli media" were not discussed with Lebanon.

On the other hand, Reuters quoted an American official as saying that Washington did not propose that Lebanon declare a unilateral ceasefire.


Lebanon's caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati denied that the United States had asked Beirut to declare a unilateral ceasefire.

The Lebanese denial came after Reuters published a report - quoting a senior Lebanese political source and a high-ranking diplomat - stating that Hochstein had asked Lebanon this week to declare a unilateral ceasefire with Israel.

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